Taxes February 6, 2026
IRS Issues Proposed Rules on Clean Fuel Tax Credit
The Treasury Department and the IRS released proposed regulations Feb. 3 on the clean fuel production credit under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
July 1, 2014
New Form 1023-EZ Simplifies Small Charity Applications for Tax-Exempt Status
Small charities have a new, simpler process for applying for tax-exempt status. The Internal Revenue Service has introduced Form 1023-EZ, a shorter application form to help small charities apply for 501(c)(3) recognition.
July 1, 2014
Nonprofit Charities See Increase in Donations
Americans gave more to charities over the past three months than they did during the same period last year, according to the Blackbaud Index, which tracks charitable giving.
June 30, 2014
Barbacci Becomes Chairman of Florida Institute of CPAs
The Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) announces that Jeffrey E. Barbacci, CPA, of Tallahassee will serve as the FICPA’s 2014-2015 Chair of the Board. Barbacci’s term began July 1, 2014.
June 30, 2014
ADP SmartCompliance Tax Credits System Undergoes First SOC 2, Type 1 Audit
The operations supporting ADP's SmartCompliance Tax Credits module have successfully completed its first Service Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 1 audit.
June 30, 2014
Supreme Court Rules Businesses Don’t Have to Cover Contraception
In their 5-4 decision, the justices recognized for the first time that for-profit business such as East Earl, Pa.-based Conestoga Wood Specialties, owned by a Mennonite family, can hold religious views derived from their owners under federal law.
June 30, 2014
10 Common Nexus-Creating Activities for Sales and Use Tax
As a part of CPA Practice Advisor's ongoing series, "A Year in the Life of a SALT Accountant," Dallas-based Peisner Johnson LLP offered some key advice to accountants and their small business clients when it comes to activities that can cause them to be exposed to unexpected sales and use taxes in jurisdictions where they…
June 30, 2014
Report: Prices Rising Faster than Wages
Food prices are rising. And inflation, that word common in American conversation 25 years ago, is eating up wage gains.
June 27, 2014
Should Your Clients Join the Rush to Roth IRAs?
Although it’s been almost five years since the floodgates were opened, we’re still seeing a steady stream of conversions to Roth IRAs. As long as Congress doesn’t clamp down on the rules, you can expect for this trend to continue.
June 27, 2014
Virginia Society of CPAs Partners with Avalara
Avalara and the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants have reached an agreement where VSCPA members will have unlimited access to up-to-date sales and use tax rules, rates, forms, and related reference resources, to better assist their clients, and/or their employers, in complying with a rapidly changing and complex regulatory environment.
June 26, 2014
IRS Announces New Program for Uncredentialed Tax Return Preparers
The IRS has started a new voluntary program that it says is intended to encourage education and filing season readiness for paid tax return preparers who are not credentialed. The program will be in place to help taxpayers during the 2015 filing season.
June 26, 2014
Intuit Signs with SmartVault to Provide Document Management for ProSeries and Lacerte
Small business accounting and tax company Intuit has partnered with cloud document storage and sharing firm SmartVault, which will provide integrated cloud-based document management for Intuit's two professional tax systems, Lacerte and ProSeries. The combination of these professional programs is intended to further automate tax preparation workflow, from receiving source files securely from clients to…
June 26, 2014
CCH IntelliConnect Direct Now Available to All Professionals
Tax and accounting technology developer Wolters Kluwer, CCH has made its new CCH IntelliConnect Direct available to all professionals. The system, which provides a universal research interface that offers anytime, anywhere access to accurate, reliable, and continuously updated U.S. and global tax, accounting and regulatory information and guidance, had been in limited beta availability. It…